The joint conference of the European Medical and Biological Engineering Conference (EMBEC) 2017 and the Nordic-Baltic Conference on Biomedical Engineering and Medical Physics (NBC) 2017 will be held in Tampere, Finland, on 11-15 June, 2017. The meeting is organized by the BioMediTech (www.biomeditech.fi), joint Institute of Tampere University and Tampere University of Technology and the Finnish Society for Biomedical Engineering and Medical Physics.

The joint conference of
the European Medical and Biological Engineering Conference (EMBEC) 2017
and the Nordic-Baltic Conference on Biomedical Engineering and Medical
Physics (NBC) 2017 will be held in Tampere, Finland, on 11-15 June,
2017. The meeting is organized by the BioMediTech (www.biomeditech.fi),
joint Institute of Tampere University and Tampere University of
Technology and the Finnish Society for Biomedical Engineering and
Medical PhysicsThe joint conference of the European Medical and Biological Engineering Conference (EMBEC) 2017 and the Nordic-Baltic Conference on Biomedical Engineering and Medical Physics (NBC) 2017 will be held in Tampere, Finland, on 11-15 June, 2017. The meeting is organized by the BioMediTech (www.biomeditech.fi), joint Institute of Tampere University and Tampere University of Technology and the Finnish Society for Biomedical Engineering and Medical Physics

On 6 May 2015, the
European Commission published the Communication on a Digital Single
Market Strategy for Europe 1), unveiling its detailed plans to create
the Digital Single Market, one of the ten priorities of the
President-elect, Mr. Jean-Claude Juncker.
On 6 May 2015, the European Commission published the Communication on a Digital Single Market Strategy for Europe 1), unveiling its detailed plans to create the Digital Single Market, one of the ten priorities of the President-elect, Mr. Jean-Claude Juncker.

On 28 May 2015 an agreement was reached on the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) after 57 hours of negotiation in 8 rounds of trialogue between the European Commission, European Parliament and Council of the European Union.

DG SANTE published on 2 June 2015 its annual work plan for 2015, which sets out the priorities and actions to be undertaken, including the allocation of resources, to implement the third Programme of the Union’s action in the field of health (2014-2020).

In January 2015 took off RETRAINER, a project aiming at developing robot-based technologies to speed up the rehabilitation of patients who have suffered a stroke, by facilitating the recovery of arm and hand function. Partially funded by Horizon 2020, the EU framework programme for research and innovation, the project is due to receive 2.8 million euro over 4 years.

The Council held a policy debate on open and excellent science, as a follow up to the Science 2.0 public consultation, carried out by the Commission from July to September 2014 in order to gather the views of stakeholders on the future of science.

The Council adopted conclusions on open, data-intensive and networked research as a driver for faster and wider innovation, supporting the establishment of the right framework conditions for research and innovation focused on big data and for strengthening the whole data value chain in Europe. The Conclusions stress the importance of data for digital transformation of industry.

On 20 July 2015, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) launched for public consultation a Draft Guidance document on the re-manufacturing of Single Use Devices (SUDs), aiming at medical devices industry, healthcare establishments and healthcare professionals.

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